1) You need Software Assurance to perform a product update.

To check if you have a valid Software Assurance contract in place, navigate to SharePoint Central Administration, open the Nintex Workflow Management section, and click on Licensing. If the Software Assurance or Premium Support expiry date is in the future, you'll be able to access the product update.

2) Once you update, you will not be able to rollback to a previous version

When you perform an upgrade, changes are normally made to the database schema. Unfortunately those changes mean there is no easy rollback method that we can recommend or support.

If you have any custom controls and JavaScript which have been configured in your environment, we recommend you test these after updating to ensure they have not been affected by the update as functionality may have changed.

4) SharePoint Install Account

Ensure the user account that is performing the Installation/Deployment (Windows user as well user logged into Central Administration) is the Farm Installation account and that it is a Local Administrator on the Server you are installing on. For information on how to set the farm install account, see Troubleshooting Nintex Deployments

5) Read the Product Release notes

The product release notes contain important information regarding product updates and bug fixes, it's recommended you always read the version history before updating.

6) Perform an install outside regular office hours

When you install Nintex products, it will cause an IIS reset. We recommend you install Nintex products outside regular office hours.

7) Nintex Live considerations

If you were running Nintex Live previously, ensure the Nintex Live checkbox in the installer is checked to ensure Nintex Live is also updated.

8) Database Update

Ensure you perform the database update step if applicable. If a product update requires a database update, this will be specified in the Release Notes.

To update the database: Navigate to SharePoint Central Administration. In the Quick Launch menu, click Nintex Workflow Management and then Database Setup. If a database update is available it will be indicated in green with an option to “Update now” . Click on Update now.

9) English version vs. International version?

Do you need the English version or the International version? International versions are not always the same build release as the English version. You can check this by going to the licensing page Nintex Licensing Information.

Download the New Installers

To download a new version, you will need to have a valid Software Assurance or Premium Support contract in place.

Hey Gottfried, you can access the license info from SharePoint Central Admin, or from within the Nintex Workflow designer. See Nintex Licensing Information. You'll see the version type and number next to the Version field.

We are in a multi-farm Environment with Production, QA, and Dev Farms. I was wondering if there were any advice or guidance on how to coordinate the update process. My knee-jerk reaction is to build upwards, Dev then QA then Production. But after a some though I realized that the ContentDBs actually only move from Production down.

How can I stay informed about new releases and tentative release schedules for Nintex 2013 Forms and Workflows? Can I set up to receive a notification every time a new release becomes available or do I have to keep checking this web site? We are working towards establishing a quarterly update/patching schedule where I work and this would help us plan effectively.

Hi, it's great you inform us of changed behavior in custom JavaScript for some controls, but is there an actual list or document which describing those changes so I can modify my custom JavaScript?? Currently I'm looking for how to get the selected value from a dropdown list (Choice control).

Let's ask Nintex VP of Product Alex Burton if he can provide specifics.

I am told is that we don't have an upgrade, but there is a way to leverage aspects of your project server environment via extensions in Nintex Workflow Cloud. Rather than misstate something further, I'll ping Alex and see if he can give us a better reply.

The current version of Nintex Workflow for Project Server 2013 is version 3.0.7.0 that requires at leave Nintex Workflow for SharePoint Version 3.1.9.0. If you are a Software Assurance customer you can grab that version from the download section of community.

We don't have a version of Nintex Workflow for Project Server targeting Project Server 2016 at this time. As Frank mentions we are actively looking at Project Online support via NWC / Xtensions, but I don't have a timeframe to share at the moment.